they would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds, if it were not for the protection we get from insect-eating animals.

昆虫会吞食我们的全部庄稼，杀死我们的成群的牛羊。

unlike, say, a buyer of goods, cannot complain that the law is loaded against him.

但是储户不能像货物的买主那样来抱怨法律对自己不利。

Which may keep company with the vessel for an hour without visible or more than occasional movement of wing.

它们随船飞行一小时也难得见其扇动一下翅膀。

The Ordnance Officer ordered all the port cannon to be heaved to starboard to counteract the list,

炮长命令把左舷上所有大炮搬到右舷上来以抵消船的倾斜，

but on the whole this is a healthier attitude both for the child and the parent.

但总地来看，孩子和家长双方态度都比较端正。

A writer makes order out of the anarchy of his heart;

一旦作家从内心的紊乱中理出头绪，